Denise Tyack and Patrick Haemers are Belgian Bonnie and Clyde. Patrick has an almost hero cult hanging around him. He was a handsome blonde man who committed countless armed robberies with his gang
(which also killed people) and kidnapped the most shady ex-prime minister.
Two things fascinate me. Embracing such blind violence as a kind of catalyst for our own suppressed rebellious feelings. And the position of Patrick himself. Who was pushed forward by the rest of the gang like a poster boy and leader. This while he was not too smart and because of his vanity will talk himself and other gang members to the gallows in front of the camera. His story therefore ends with suicide.
The images I have chosen portray them at their peak. Like icons (hence the golden background): still elusive, living in luxury and falling for the first to die.